Long NetBIOS Names May Interfere with UAG DirectAccess User Interface

Shannon Fritz, and up and comer in the world of UAG DirectAccess found a very interesting issue with the UAG Management Console and loading of the DirectAccess interface. It turns out that if the UAG server has a NetBIOS name that is longer than the allowed 15 characters, the DirectAccess configuration interface won’t open.

Here’s a screenshot from the TechNet forums of what Shannon saw:

The Product Group is now aware of this issue, and we’ll make plans to update documentation to warn against using NetBIOS names longer than 15 characters.